Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No nonstop, and no clear pattern: the best connection reaches Long Beach on time 3 times in 4.

Best connections, any airlines

Ranked by chance you reach Long Beach on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Long Beach is 2 h behind Chicago). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	ORD 07:11 → LAS 09:19UA 574	2h 16m Las Vegas	LAS 11:35 → LGB 12:45WN 2260	7h 34m	99%	93%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	ORD 08:55 → SLC 11:39UA 1972	3h 26m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:05 → LGB 16:10DL 3793 · flown by SkyWest	9h 15m	99%	91%
American + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	ORD 05:00 → PHX 06:32AA 2434	2h 03m Phoenix	PHX 08:35 → LGB 09:55WN 165	6h 55m	94%	84%
American + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	ORD 07:25 → PHX 09:09AA 769	2h 31m Phoenix	PHX 11:40 → LGB 12:55WN 2505	7h 30m	95%	78%
Delta Details →	ORD 14:09 → SLC 16:40DL 2249	3h 53m Salt Lake City	SLC 20:33 → LGB 21:29DL 3124	9h 20m	94%	75%
American + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	ORD 11:43 → SMF 14:10AA 2627	2h 05m Sacramento	SMF 16:15 → LGB 17:40WN 2485	7h 57m	79%	72%
United + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	ORD 13:30 → PHX 15:19UA 455	3h 56m Phoenix	PHX 19:15 → LGB 20:30WN 4352	9h 00m	98%	57%
United + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	ORD 15:54 → LAS 17:57UA 1875	2h 03m Las Vegas	LAS 20:00 → LGB 21:10WN 2031	7h 16m	82%	55%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	ORD 07:45 → SLC 10:15DL 2231	50m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:05 → LGB 12:02DL 1116	6h 17m	69%	61%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

SLC · 50m · leaves 07:45 31%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON